If organic chemistry is defined as the chemistry of hydrocarbon compounds and their derivatives, inorganic chemistry can be broadly defined as the chemistry of "everything". This includes all the other elements on the periodic table, as well as carbon, which plays a large and increasing role in inorganic chemistry. The large field of metal–organic chemistry combines both fields by considering compounds containing metal–carbon bonds; it also involves the catalysis of many organic reactions. Agar organik kimyo uglevodorod birikmalari va ularning hosilalari kimyosi sifatida ta'riflansa, noorganik kimyoni keng ma'noda "hamma narsa" kimyosi deb ta'riflash mumkin. Bu davriy jadvaldagi qolgan barcha elementlarni, shuningdek, noorganik kimyoda katta va ortib borayotgan rol o'ynaydigan uglerodni o'z ichiga oladi. Metall-organik kimyoning katta sohasi metall-uglerod aloqalarini o'z ichiga olgan birikmalarni hisobga olgan holda ikkala sohani birlashtiradi; u ko'plab organik reaksiyalarning katalizlanishini ham o'z ichiga oladi.